Smart and Creative City
There's a wealth of innovative talent in Toronto. But we can do more to harness it effectively
There's a wealth of innovative talent in Toronto. But we can do more to harness it effectively
Readers' favourite in the 2015 U of T Magazine Short Story Contest
U of T scientists will help usher in a new era of designing and creating cells, tissues and organs, thanks to historic $114-million federal grant
Five U of T students create winning SSHRC Storytellers videos
The Munk School’s new director seeks ways to answer some of humanity’s most nerve-wracking questions
Almost a quarter billion raised to support students, faculty, programs and infrastructure
Can we restore sanity and reason to politics?
Geography grad creates a whole new way to see the UTM grounds
For Anil Persaud and Cynthia Jairam-Persaud, meeting as first-years meant growing up together
Adrienne Alison's sculpture on Parliament Hill shows how cooperation and diversity won the War of 1812
Alumni nab deal with Playstation for video game N++
An iconic Toronto concert in 1969 heralded the breakup of the Beatles and the launch of new acts
Anne Appathurai makes sure audiences understand foreign-language films – in less space than a tweet!
Fred and Norah Urquhart's lifelong quest for the hidden kingdom of the Monarch butterfly
Artist Maria Torrence Wishart founded U of T’s 90-year-old medical illustration department, now a thriving master’s program
Toronto's Pan Am Games will leave a golden legacy for U of T, its athletes and the city.
U of T is rethinking how journalists get trained
A U of T computer scientist is helping to build a new generation of intelligent machines
Determining whether computers can think like humans is not a straightforward task
They open our minds to the world – and the possibilities – around us
U of T Mississauga students pull back the curtain on the unique world of repertory theatre
Susan McCahan is leading the charge to reimagine undergrad education at U of T
U of T's 12th president charted a course for the university that took it to the top
Applies to someone who is not transgender, and is often used to signal awareness of gender politics
U of T startup ChipCare gets set to unveil a revolutionary portable HIV blood-testing device
Is solitary confinement ever appropriate?
New Toronto city librarian Vickery Bowles wants everyone to read, write, create
Exploring a new country linked video bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski to each other… and to the world
Graduation is just the beginning
With the Toronto Poetry Map, a U of T English professor and Toronto Public Library unveil a whole new way to view the city
At a crossroads between academia and the life of a dancer, Evelyne Benaïs-Lemelin chose her passion
Ron Husmann lost his voice due to MS and didn’t sing for 28 years. Then he learned how to harness his brain’s own healing power
Aldeli Albán Reyna is excited to share her work, on improving the status of Indigenous Canadians, at the United Nations
Susan Stock cleans the corrosion from ancient metal artefacts so museum-goers can see the original beauty
New Toronto mayor John Tory aims to get the city back on track
The university’s scholars are collaborating with partners in every region of the globe to answer questions that challenge us all
U of T’s ability to attract international graduate students is important to our – and Ontario’s – long-term success
Students Caroline Leps and Moustafa Abdalla win Rhodes Scholarships
Amjad Tarsin helps students with the spiritual dimension of their lives
Linda Schuyler’s $1-million gift to U of T celebrates cinema
Not so long ago, theories about the natural world were often put forth in poems and plays
For many Torontonians, the daily commute is a spirit-crusher. What if it could enrich your life instead?
Shawn Ahmed’s Uncultured Project reinvents charity for the digital age
Continuing Studies program leads Sabrina Ramnanan to a publishing contract
Travels together and adventures apart have created the perfect balance for Farrah Schwartz and Rob Manne
In her book Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Zoe Cormier explores the workings of our rowdiest pastimes
Canada’s first feature film with a gay theme
U of T prof Pat Bayly headed up North America’s first spy school and developed an “unbreakable” cipher machine during the Second World War
Museum Studies grad Jake Paleczny comes up with fun ways for visitors to learn about the moose, elk and other animals that make up the “living collection” at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve
U of T often plays an Ivy League school in Hollywood. But it’s popular in horror and sci-fi films as well
A U of T grad student wrote her wedding vows based on research into what makes a relationship last
Canada’s next billion-dollar tech start-up might just come from U of T
Arts grad Dani Reiss wanted to become a writer, then realized there was more than one way to tell a story
Largest private donation in Canadian health-care history will improve cardiac care across the lifespan
Philosophy prof Ian Hacking’s ideas about science earn him $800,000 prize
Fifty years on, UTSC has forged a unique identity